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Westpac gives court more reasons to uphold win in ASIC’s responsible lending case
Westpac has offered an appeals court two more reasons to affirm its victory in a closely watched responsible lending case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over almost 262,000 home loans.
Sacked HWL Ebsworth lawyer fights to revive unfair dismissal case
A former HWL Ebsworth special counsel has appealed a ruling that tossed his unlawful dismissal case against the firm as "trivial" and "wholly unrealistic".
Appeals court finds ‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick family’s $1 mining deal void
An appeals court has upheld a ruling that found two firms previously run by Joseph "Diamond Joe" Gutnik and his family were insolvent, ending a long-running battle over hundreds of millions of dollars in mining assets.
Ex-Norton Rose partner wants to appeal leave to appeal in long-running dispute
Lawyers for Norton Rose Fulbright have flagged their “very real concerns” about further delays to a long-running dispute with a former partner, who has indicated the will try to appeal a ruling partially granting him leave to appeal a discovery decision in the case.
BASF presses the brakes on Lubrizol fuel additive patent suit
Chemical giant BASF has dropped a lawsuit against Lubrizol Corporation challenging proposed amendments to a fuel additive patent.
Union wants to intervene in university’s appeal over sacking of climate skeptic Peter Ridd
The National Tertiary Education Union has asked a court for permission to intervene in support of sacked physics professor and climate skeptic Peter Ridd as he fights James Cook University's appeal of a $1.2 million judgment against it.
Seiko wins general injunction against Calidad in ink cartridge patent case
Imposing an injunction in general form against a patent infringer is not an undue burden in and of itself, the Full Federal Court has ruled in siding with printer giant Seiko Epson in its ongoing intellectual property fight with cartridge reseller Calidad.
Coles’ $40M tax claim on evaporated fuel ‘artificial’, judge rules
Supermarket giant Coles has lost an appeal over $40 million in tax credits it had claimed for fuel that evaporated or leaked from tanks at its service stations, after a judge described the supermarket giant’s argument as “artificial”.
Landowners lose appeal over $56.5M payout for Westconnex project
A group of Sydney commercial landlords whose properties were compulsorily acquired for the WestConnex project have lost an appeal seeking $56.5 million in compensation, after the Valuer-General offered them just over half that amount.
Lawyers behind competing Workpac class action in talks to jointly-run cases
The judge overseeing competing employment class actions on behalf of casual coal miners against WorkPac has ordered the law firms running the cases to consider a proposal to jointly run the proceedings.